One credited the filmmaker with his clip, adding: "This is amazing. Best footage I've seen in a while."

But another says that they look like "sky lanterns seen through air pollution," adding: "They blink because they are moving and spinning and the visibility is low. It's also why they keep ascending higher and higher.

"Go home folks, no aliens to see here.﻿"

One commenter believes they were using Binary language to communicate (Image: YouTube / C. Hulbert)

In response to the 'blinking' of the lights, a commenter online says that it looks like binary language.

"It's a communication attempt. There are three luminosities for each light and two patterns with all the lights."

Unfortunately, any message has been lost, as the user adds: "I can't tell where the repetition point is because you move around too much."